News Cardiff University offers funded PhD on local news provision Journalism school and Media Standards Trust looking for a working journalist or student to undertake research in Neath Port Talbot county By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News South African editors' group launches campaign against information bill The Protection of Information Bill would allow government to classify government and state-owned enterprise contracts as secret and jail journalists who report on them By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Thomson Reuters to create hundreds of New York jobs in tax break deal Extension to the company's multi-million dollar tax break deal approved despite opposition by the Newspaper Guild of New York By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Demotix defends 'press pass' scheme after criticism from industry group UK Press Card Authority chair Mike Granatt claims the Demotix card may be misleading to authority By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Hyperlinked articles could decide meaning in Spectator defamation case, says judge Justice Tugendhat says the four hyperlinked articles should be used by the court to help it decide on the meaning of the allegedly defamatory article By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News UWIC launches new journalism-focused media course New University of Wales Institute, Cardiff BA Hons degree in English and Contemporary Media features practical journalism modules and an optional industry placement By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Pakistan floods: mainstream media turns to citizen journalism Citizens Eye, a global outlet for citizen journalism in Pakistan, has seen a huge surge in activity from local people filing news updates from the ground By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Industry body defends photoshopping after criticism from Girl Guides Periodical Publishers Association says "tidying up" of images is used to remove "distractions" By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Photojournalism course to return but students will foot the bill Sheffield College has confirmed that students will now have to pay the entire course fee of £3,600 By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Naomi Campbell granted special protection for war crimes trial appearance Hague bans filming of her entering or leaving the Special Court for Sierra Leone and reporting anything about her activity in the court building bar her public testimony By Davet Hyland • 1 min read
News Number of daily newspapers worldwide increased last year, says survey World Press Trends survey shows a 1.7 per cent rise worldwide, with growth in Asia offsetting difficulty in more mature markets By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News OhmyNews closes international citizen journalism site OMN to relaunch as a blog covering citizen journalism itself By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
